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Jimmy Work

Jimmy Work has been played on NTS in shows including Country Hayride, featured first on 21 March 2021. Songs played include There's Only One You.

Jimmy Work (March 29, 1924 – December 22, 2018) was an American country musician and songwriter best known for the country standard "Making Believe".

Work was born in Akron, Ohio but moved to Dukedom, Tennessee with his family at age two. He picked up guitar at age seven, and learned fiddle and songwriting by his early teens.

By 1945, he had begun playing professionally in Pontiac, Michigan, where many Southerners had moved to take jobs in the automotive industry. He appeared on…

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There's Only One You
Jimmy Work
Dot Records1955
There's Only One You
Jimmy WorkDot Records1955
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